Welcome to Escape Match: Victoria's Secret!

[World Setting: This is a cursed 20th-century mental hospital, abandoned after an accident and transformed into a haunted place of ghost stories. But only those who know the truth understand that the ghost stories here are all real.]

[Temporary Identity: You are a member of a team involved in a large-scale horror livestream, here to uncover secrets hidden in old stories. You and your team accidentally discover that this is a terrifying prison where entry is forbidden! Within the area covered by this building, time is forever frozen between midnight and 3 AM! Ghostly figures abound! There is no escape!]

[Escape Mechanism: This match has no "regular escape points" or "escape missions"; players must find clues and supplies within a three-hour loop to discover hidden escape methods and routes.]

[Please note: Every 3 hours, the temporary identities of teams that fail to solve the puzzle will subtly change in the next time loop; at the same time, the layout of the buildings and the puzzles will also change.]

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As the information displayed before him continued to appear, Su Lin slowly regained consciousness and opened his eyes.

He didn't look at the information in front of him immediately, but closed it and scanned his surroundings warily.

He and Xiao Linlin were in a dark, abandoned parking lot, surrounded by moss, with black vines covering the crooked and broken walls, and cracks everywhere on the ground.

There wasn't a single car in sight; the emptiness was terrifying. Under the faint moonlight, I could vaguely make out the surrounding scenery, and goosebumps rose on my skin from the night wind behind me.

The place is eerie and silent, with a deep chill in the air.

Su Lin was mentally prepared. After confirming that there were no other escape teams around, he began to check himself and Xiao Linlin.

They still had their equipment and backpacks, but they had changed into sportswear, and Su Lin had a portable camera hanging around his neck.

Judging from his temporary identity, he's probably an outdoor live streamer or something similar.

"Linlin?"

Su Lin held her little hand and asked tentatively.

Xiao Linlin snapped out of her daze and said, "Big brother, I was just looking at the notification message."

Followers share the same mechanics as survivors, which is why Su Lin wasn't in a hurry to check the opening information in this match.

With a "brain" by your side, who's in a hurry to look at it?

"Did you find anything?"

"Just a little bit, the initial information provided is too few clues."

Xiao Linlin nodded and said softly, "However, we can be sure that we need to make progress within three hours, and the pace of progress will affect the escape schedule; um... I think we probably need to actively seek out this place to find the puzzles."

"As for the type of puzzle, I think it should be hidden in the literal information. There is a high probability that it is related to [an accident], and a small probability that it is related to our temporary identity. These are all factors that are strongly related to the construction site of the [abandoned mental hospital]."

"Considering the inherent mechanics of escape games, the so-called puzzles and clues are very likely hidden in searchable containers; and the subtle changes that occur with each time loop are probably the key to breaking the deadlock and escaping in the end."

"After all, changes mean clues, and considering that this is only the older brother's third match, I think the difficulty of deciphering this match shouldn't be too high."

Listen to this!

Look!

That's the brain of a young person, it works so well!

Su Lin had just glanced at the starting information, and to be honest, he hadn't really thought that much about it.

He could only sense that the "accident" might be problematic, a foreshadowing of a mystery; as for the rest... sorry, he hadn't thought of that much.

"Isn't this difficult enough? I certainly didn't glean that much information from it."

Su Lin chuckled and ruffled Xiao Linlin's hair: "But it's alright, you're here anyway."

"What's the next step?"

"Since there are no other teams nearby and we don't have a map, let's just wait for a safe time, then we'll set up our armed defenses, conduct a search on the spot, and then advance."

Xiao Linlin's thinking was clear and very steady: "The first step is to walk through the entire building. The more you come into contact with, the more puzzles you may discover."

"good."

Su Lin nodded, and the two stood there silently.

After the three-minute safety period ended, an even stronger night wind swept in from all around, making Xiao Linlin shiver.

"Big brother, the game has started."

Her voice was soft, but it contained nervousness.

This is not a fear of the unknown, but a rejection of the darkness.

"Um."

Su Lin crouched down and held Xiao Linlin in his left arm. He held a Tang sword in his right hand and began to scan the surrounding environment with a cold gaze.

Because of thorough preparation before entering, the [Beginner Qi Gong] that Su Lin exchanged had already taken effect, and in addition to the basic values, his personal data now included an additional [Internal Qi] value.

With 100 points of internal energy, it may not seem high, but in Su Lin's personal experience, he could clearly feel a strong warm current in his lower abdomen.

As long as one's mind is focused on it, it can flow throughout the entire body, enhancing the defense and attack of the corresponding parts, and can even permeate the surface of the Tang sword, making its blade even more brilliant and capable of harming non-physical creatures.

According to the mechanism introduction, the internal skill system has an extremely high upper limit and a very comprehensive application area.

Su Lin has not yet fully grasped its subtle uses; he is currently only applying it in a simple way.

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